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i wish you the best in your decision...don't know what state you are in, but since drug diversion is a fairly common issue within the nursing profession, many states have either voluntary or mandatory reporting systems in place, with mandatory counseling offered. While it certainly does not diminsh the seriousness of the issue, he does have some options---the real issue is whether he wants the help or not--if he wants the help, it's out there. In the meantime, YOU need to get help and support for yourself and your family, regardless of the outcome of your husband's dilemma, to help you through this. good luck

valid concers...i would check with where you want to go to school and let them be the liason between you and the state board. The school you want to go to might very well perform their own background checks and might be able to advise you on what will and will not fly with your state board of nursing--they might also be able to help/advise you about what to do and how to clear things up... good luck!

well alrighty then... noday... if "jiggling" is an issue with you, then Smokey, only you can prevent forest fires! :chuckle Either get bigger scrubs or wear tighter underwar, be it tight-whiteys, or boxer briefs, of what have you! Jiggling for either gender isn't appropriate -- i certainly haven't seen any of the female nurses I work with going braless and wondering whether they should wear anything up top to "minimize their jiggle".. and i'm not even addressing the stereotype/gay thing... perception is just that--personal -- all the guys I work with are married with kids

in our school (in NJ) we didn't practice anything invasive on each other... bed baths were done with clothes on, injections were done in various pieces of fruit, and no IVs at all... (apparently it was due to not only infectious disease issues with HIV, Hep, etc., but it's also part of your particular State Board of Nursing guidelines as to what exactly can be done, etc.) as for examining women and procedures, as a male nurse in a busy ED, it's generally a judgement call many times... i mean if it's a young, alert, oriented woman who needs a foley, straight cath, prelim exam before the physician sees her, i'd get a female tech to assist/stand in/chaperone, or i may trade off with a female RN.. always ask your pt before doing ANYTHING, explain what's going to happen, and assess their level of comfotability, and use your judgement.. in our hospital, male docs don't doi pelvic exams on females without a female chaperone (nurse, tech, any female staff).. female docs can do pelvics alone or with a male or female nurse. Oddly, no policy exists for female docs doing a genital/rectal exam on a male patient, but all of our female docs usually always ask for a male staff member as chaperone before asking a patient to "turn your head and cough, please"bottom line...relax, use your judgement and critical thinking skills, and remember--if you have the slightest inclination that you're about to potentially put yourself in a compromising situation, rethink it and ask a female to join you